Table 1 General description of publications included in the analysis (31 publications reviewed)1
Classification category | Sub-categories | N | Reference index in Appendix 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of publication | Journal articles | 24 | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,25,26,27,28,29, 30,31 |
| Â | Reports, books | 7 | 6,9,19,21,22,23,24 |
Year of publication | After 2005 | 13 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 |
| Â | 2001-2005 | 11 | 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 |
| Â | 1995-2000 | 7 | 25,26,27,28,29,30,31 |
Year of data collection | After 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| Â | 2001-2005 | 12 | 1,2,5,8,9,10,11,13,15,16,17,24 |
| Â | 1996-2000 | 9 | 12,14,18,19,20,21,22,25,26 |
| Â | 1990-1995 | 4 | 27,29,30,31 |
| Â | Not clear | 5 | 3,4,7,23,28 |
Origin of the study (type of country by World Bank) | Low-income countries | 8 | 5,6,9,11,16,18,26,28 |
| Â | Lower-middle-income countries | 10 | 7,8,9,13,14,15,16,17,22,25 |
| Â | Upper-middle-income countries | 12 | 1,2,10,16,19,20,21,23,25,27,29,30 |
| Â | High-income countries | 9 | 2,3,4,12,16,21,24,25,31 |
Number of countries included in the study | Single country | 26 | 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,22,23,24,26,27, 28,29,30,31 |
| Â | Several countries | 5 | 2,9,16,21,25 |
| Â | Descriptive | 15 | 8,10,11,13,15,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,31 |
| Â | Analytical | 18 | 1,3,4,5,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,29,30 |
Objective of the study | Predictive | 3 | 7,13,19 |
| Â | Not stated explicitly | 3 | 2,6,9 |